George Oehlers

Sir George Edward Noel Oehlers, OBE (1 April 1908 – 27 October 1968) was a Singaporean politician, lawyer and public administrator.[2][3][4]

Sir

George Edward Noel Oehlers

OBE
Photo of George Oehlers as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore in 1955 to 1963
1st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore
In office
22 April 1955  3 September 1963
Deputy
  • R C H Lim (1955 – 1959)
  • G Kandasamy (1959 – 1961)
  • John Mammen (1961 – 1963)[1]
Preceded byNew post
Succeeded byEdmund W Barker
1st Speaker for the Sabah Legislative Assembly
In office
23 September 1963  22 September 1964
Preceded byNew post
Succeeded byDatuk Haji Mohd Kassim Haji Hashim
Personal details
Born1 April 1908
Singapore, Straits Settlement
Died27 October 1968(1968-10-27) (aged 60)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Resting placeBidadari Cemetery, Singapore
Spouse(s)
Daphne Eleanor Pye
(m. 1940; died 1960)

Nan Tessensohn née Flynn
(m. 19651968)
Children5
MotherFrances Maude Oehlers
FatherGeorge Rae Oehlers
Alma materSt Andrew's School
Raffles Institution
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Lawyer
  • Public administrator

Early life and education

George Edward Noel Oehlers was born to George Rae Oehlers and his wife Frances Maude Oehlers. He attended St Andrew's School in Singapore and then the city's Raffles Institution.[2][3]

Career

In 1928, Oehlers was called to the bar at Gray's Inn and practised as a barrister in London for three years.[3] He returned to Singapore, and became a City Councillor in 1933, serving until 1941; he returned to the City Council in 1947, but left ahead of his appointment on 1 April 1955 as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore.[3][5] He left that post in September 1963 to chair the Public Utilities Board from 1 November,[3][6] From 1963 to 1964, he was also the Speaker for the Sabah Legislative Assembly and helped to set up the Sabah Legislative Assembly.[4][7] From 1965, he was Chairman of Singapore's Industrial Arbitration Tribunal and, finally, from June 1965 to his death, he was President of the Industrial Court of Malaysia.[3]

Family and death

Oehlers married Daphne Eleanor Pye on 20 April 1940. They had five children: Jillian, Lynnette, Harry, John, and Catharine. Daphne Eleanor Pye died on 15 April 1960, and Oehlers remarried on July 1965 to Annie (Nan) Tessensohn née Flynn, a widow.[3][4]

He died in Kuala Lumpur on 27 October 1968 and was buried in Bidadari Cemetery, Singapore.[3][4]

Honours

Oehlers was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1953, and Knight Bachelor in 1958 for his public service in Singapore.[3][4][8][9]

References

  1. "Speakers of Parliament". Parliament of Singapore. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Scroll to bottom and expand the list of former Deputy Speaker
  2. "Oehlers, Sir George Edward Noel", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. "Sir George dies". The Straits Times. 28 October 1968. p. 1.
  4. "Sir George Edward Noel Oehlers". Infopedia. 2009 via NLB.
  5. "List of Former Speakers". Singapore Parliament. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. "Public Utilities Board". HistorySG. 2011 via NLB.
  7. "List of State Legislative Speakers". Sabah State Legislative Assembly (in Malay). Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  8. "No. 39863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 May 1953. pp. 2973–2974.
  9. "No. 41404". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1958. pp. 3511–3512.
Parliament of Singapore
Preceded by
New post
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore
1955 - 1963
Succeeded by
Edmund W Barker
Parliament of Malaysia
Preceded by
New post
Speaker for the Sabah Legislative Assembly
1963 - 1964
Succeeded by
Datuk Haji Mohd Kassim Haji Hashim
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